Another chaotic, cathartic shooter from SNK's Metal Slug series returns to modern platforms this week, as retro-enthusiasts Hamster release Metal Slug 5 on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.Originally launching in arcades in 2003, Metal Slu...

After our glowing review of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate from Chris Carter -- which primarily focused on the single-player components -- I decided in today's episode of Impulse we'd discuss our impressions from the online multiplayer! So, I ...

I'm not ready to stop playing Overcooked 2, and thankfully, I don't have to! Ghost Town Games has come out with Kevin's Christmas Cracker, a free batch of DLC with five new holiday-themed levels and fresh recipes including Christmas pudding...

This weekend sees a new ink-spilling battle take place in Nintendo's multiplayer shooter Splatoon 2. Across the globe, players will draw the line and face-off to fight for their chosen team in another moral conundrum of earth-shaking import...

True to its word, Square Enix has released a standalone version of Final Fantasy XV's multiplayer component, Comrades. You'll be able to find this on PSN and Xbox Live for $9.99 and it comes complete with 10 new bosses for players to battle...

Hot on the heels of their reveal earlier this week in Famitsu, Koei Tecmo has released a trailer featuring fist-flying action between the latest additions to the Dead or Alive 6 roster: Eliot and Brad Wong.In the chaotic promo vid, the youn...

Fallout 76 just can't win. It launched as a bizarrely broken and lonesome mess. Bethesda is trying to fix it, but players discovered that the weekly patch notes actually omitted a ton of important changes that made the game more grind-...

Now that PvP and rambunctious new Demolition Derby events have made it into The Crew 2, Ubisoft is wisely taking the opportunity to get more eyes on the flawed but fun game. It's holding a free weekend event from Thursday, December 13 to Mo...

Capcom has introduced the idea of "sponsored content" into Street Fighter V. Essentially, players have the option of allowing more adverts - either for DLC, or whatever product sponsor Capcom is working with at the time - to be displayed in...

[Update: Developer ConcernedApe confirmed the update is now live on Switch. PS4/Xbox updates are "in-progress," and the creator is doing "everything [he] can to have them ready as soon as possible."] Stardew Valley is about to get its long-...

Capcom has shared some of the details for Devil May Cry 5's online multiplayer. Instead of trying to shoehorn in a competitive mode, the online options will allow for seamless cooperative play with other players online. Taking a page out of...

The Winter Wonderland 2018 skins for Overwatch are mostly themed around winter sports. They're okay if you're into grounded designs, but I prefer the more out-there stuff. I wasn't really feeling them. There's one big exception, though, and...

Human: Fall Flat is the kind of game I can return to year after year and still adore. Its physical comedy just cracks me up. The co-op puzzle platformer has gotten a free new level, "Dark," which is reason enough for me to dive back in. It'...

The ongoing roster reveal for Koei Tecmo's Dead or Alive 6 is hardly being met with gasps of amazement. Aside from one or two newcomers, it's been pretty much business as usual. Take, for example, these latest character announcements.Both E...

We're doing a mass giveaway of beta keys for new turn-based action strategy game, BATALJ. Looking to try your hand at a new type of PvP action game? Of course you are -- that's why you're here. A former founder of DICE branched out on ...

The latest addition to Hamster's Arcade Archive collection features a brand that we all know very well indeed. Even if the original games are kind of a massive chore to play through today, (don't get mad at me unless you've played Double Dr...

Arachnophobe warning!Other than video games, my main passion is women dressed in suits, with drawn on pencil-thin moustaches movies. Whilst I haven't kept a complete tally of how many films I've watched, I know it's thousands upon thousands...

Blizzard has begun sharing the latest batch of Overwatch character skins ahead of next week's Winter Wonderland event. I was hoping we'd see creative festive designs. So far, the results are mixed. The first skin, Sugar Plum Fairy Mercy, is...

Dead by Daylight is set to receive some brand new content soon. "Chapter 10: Darkness Among Us" will be launching next week on December 11 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. For the first time in the game, the new killer is actually a human. The tri...

Chill out, here's another game announcement for you. New Seattle-based studio Midwinter Entertainment is making a game that takes direct cues from the developer's name. Scavengers is an upcoming ice age survival game blended with coop...

We're only 15 minutes in, and The Game Awards 2018 is already bringing the heat. Marvel has resurrected a long-gone comic book action-RPG series: Marvel Ultimate Alliance. The third of these games is coming next year, Marvel Ultimate Allia...

A heck of a lot of people are about to load up Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Not only has the enduring competitive shooter gone fully free-to-play on Steam, but Valve has added its own take on battle royale. The new mode, Danger Zone, i...

Nicalis Inc. has sent out a tweet featuring a short sizzle reel of some of the upcoming games, mostly showcasing the launch of block-busting puzzle title Crystal Crisis, which is headed to PS4 and Nintendo Switch in the second quarter of 20...

Bethesda's first major steps toward fixing Fallout 76 came yesterday. The December 4 patch upped stash capacity, rebalanced some weapons, and nuked all sorts of bugs. Here are the full details of all the announced changes. The problem ...

Fortnite is giving players a way to mess around in the freedom of a sandbox. Epic has just announced Fortnite Creative, a new permanent addition that builds on the foundation of the limited-time Playground mode. In Creative, players a...